Advice / wisdom on upgrading our IdP from 2.1.5 to 2.3

[Peter Schober]

Hi Martin,

* Martin B. Smith <smithmb at ufl.edu> [2011-08-23 16:00]:
> We're about to start testing the 2.3.x branch of the IdP, and I'm
> looking for advice, cautionary tales, and words of wisdom :). I've
> gone through all of the release notes and JIRA issues seeking any
> pitfalls so I can avoid them, but I figured I'd ask around too. What
> advice would you give someone going from 2.1.5 to 2.3.x that you
> wish you'd had?

As long as you have a test IdP and you get a working config up and
running there (your existing config should work as is, otherwise it's
a bug) things should be fine.
I don't recall any upgrade in the 2.x series causing major problems
for me, but then I haven't done anything fancy to our IdP yet.
-peter